Asteroids named after people called Ray
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(9766) Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (b. 1920) is the critically acclaimed science fiction author whose works include The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man. He has worked in television and as “Imagineer” of Disney's Spaceship Earth at the Epcot center in Florida. His work has inspired many young scientists and engineers.Discovered 24 February 1992 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak
(10037) Raypickard
Ray Pickard (b. 1967), of Bathurst, NSW (Australia), is a teacher, academic, and leading expert on meteorite identification and analysis. He owns and runs Bathurst Observatory in central New South Wales, where he hosts a small museum displaying one of the largest private meteorite collections in the world.Discovered 26 January 1984 by A. Mrkos, Klet
(10108) Tomlinson
Ray Tomlinson led the way in high-speed communication by developing a software program making it possible to send messages from one mainframe to another and to be sure they went to the right machine through the symbol for “at”. Thus, he invented e-mail and revolutionized our lives.Discovered 26 April 1992 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M., Palomar
(15147) Siegfried
Ray M. Siegfried (b. 1943) is active in numerous civic, business, cultural and community associations. In 1990 he was presented with the “Brotherhood Award” from the National Conference of Christians and Jews. He is currently chairman of the board of the aerospace NORDAM Group. The name was suggested by T. W. Rettig.Discovered 11 March 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(16077) Arayhamilton
A. Ray Hamilton mentored a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Greenwich High School, Greenwich, Connecticut.Discovered 9 September 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(18191) Rayhe
Ray Chengchuan He (b. 1984) was awarded second place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his physics project. He attends the Hempfield High School, Landisville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.Discovered 25 August 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(31962) Rayharvey
Ray Harvey (1962–2022) was an American engineer at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. He played a leading role in several planetary missions. Harvey was the missions operations manager for the DART mission from 2014 until the time of his passing shortly before the DART impact into Dimorphos.Discovered 6 April 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(333539) Rayfranco
Ray Franco (b. 1991) is an American Mission Operations Flight Software Engineer for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. He has also supported other missions such as the Spitzer Space Telescope and 2001 Mars Odyssey.Discovered 29 September 2005 by CSS, Catalina